Is Artificial Intelligence good or bad?

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Elon Musk has said that AI will make work "optional". I heard an economist talking about how all the investment in AI will make industry much more efficient and will be good for the economy. I just see companies like Amazon laying off 40,000 employees. The Teamsters Union at the Port of LA had written inro their current contract to limit the use of AI because they know it will result in massive job losses. I think that the gains in productivity will not be spread to all employees in the form of bonuses and a shorter work week. Instead only a few will greatly benefit from AI and the rest will be unemployed.

Bolt1104 · Accepted Answer

I think AI is both good and bad, depending on how it’s handled. The technology itself can do amazing things improve efficiency, speed up research, help healthcare, make work easier, and even create entirely new industries. In that sense, it has the potential to benefit society in huge ways.

The problem is exactly what you mentioned: the benefits aren’t being shared fairly. Companies are already using AI to cut jobs and reduce labor costs, and most of the profit ends up going to executives and investors while the workers who are replaced get nothing. When Elon Musk says work will become “optional,” that really only applies to people who already have money and security. For everyone else, it starts to look like work will become optional for the wealthy, while the average person struggles to find employment.

That’s why unions are pushing back. They’re trying to protect workers from being replaced without any kind of support or transition. If AI leads to mass layoffs, lower wages, and an even bigger concentration of wealth at the top, then it becomes harmful for most people.

AI could be a good thing if its benefits were shared through shorter work weeks, better pay, or retraining opportunities, but if companies only use it to increase profits at the expense of workers, then a lot of people will be left behind. So to me, AI isn’t automatically good or bad it all depends on who controls it and how the gains are distributed.

DishLady · Accepted Answer

It's good AND bad. It's up to the intentions of the users. If we're using AI to feed our laziness, then it's bad. If we're using it to complete mundane/minor tasks to free our time up to do things that require our time and energy more specifically, then it's good.

strateguy632 · Accepted Answer

Good examples the way a. i. is used is horrible terrible. If work is optional what will my landlord do to me?

And those computer driving cars... i see the glitches on my computers and everywhere... those can't be trusted on the road... so before we assume , a crash of "human with auto-auto" is the human fault, as if can't blame computer, that is smart and fast, so must be human error... we can recall all the glitches and bugs in computers and imagine a crash with both auto-auto... they say it can't happen, but it will , then who to blame?

AviatorTom · Accepted Answer

In the long run, AI will be good. Like any major technological advance, there are short-term hiccups.

Just think of all the horsebreeders, stable owners, blacksmiths and others who lost their jobs when the automobile was invented. Or the thousands of telephone switchboard operators who lost their jobs when automated telephone switching networks appeared.

HawkPerception · Answer

As someone who uses AI on the regular and is pretty much up to date on all news about tech and AI, I think just like anything, there are pros and cons.

I think a lot of people (especially the older generations) do not understand the power AI. All the people who are saying it won't replace anyone's jobs because that's what people have been saying for ages, and it never happened, are in for a rude awakening. Within the next 10 years, it will be a completely different world we live in, unrecognizable to the 90s and early 2000s.

The manual, unskilled labour jobs will be replaced first. But it won't stop there. There are restaurants already being made and that exist where robots handle EVERYTHING. The making of the food and delivering it to people. It takes the human connection out of it. You can now go through drive-through in certain locations, order something, and have it fully prepared for you without talking to a human once.

And people think that trades are safe. Well, that's changing fast too. There's already machines that are built to fix electrical, roofing, farming, and plumbing is currently being developed. Self-driving cars are already a thing in many areas. And the thing is, the AI does the jobs much faster and gives better quality than contractors.

There isn't a single thing that I can think of where AI and robots cannot replace humans in. Website creation is soon going to be as easy as a few prompts. Same thing with creating music. There's already AI bands out there. Look up Velvet Sundown. They're an AI band and they sound amazing to me. You'd never guess they were AI unless someone told you. Graphic design and video generation are also going to be completely replaced. Art is completely cooked.

See, the thing is, people are scared that they'll be left with nothing to do, but I don't see that as the case. Elon Musk and many other tech gurus are telling people to their faces that most jobs will be replaced and universal income will become a thing. That means we're left to pursue our passions and live life to its fullest. A lot of people are denying it, but it's ignorant to think they know more than these tech giants.

And because of AI, the health industry is being improved by leaps and bounds in such a short period of time.

Now the truth is, even with all of these benefits I've listed, I'd still rather live in more primal and natural times. The more tech progresses, the less freedom and privacy we have. We do have more security, but it's at the cost of the aforementioned.

If I could destroy all tech right now, and live in times where the bow and arrow was the pinnacle of weapon technology, I would in a heartbeat. But these are the times we live in and we're only going deeper into tech and a dystopian world. You either adapt and thrive or cry and suffer. Gotta look to the bright side.

FreyaRed · Answer

If AI gets ever really sentient and is capable to develop long term strategies outside script parameters defined by humans, it's very likely such an AI will gain control to secure it's existence. It will come fast to the conclusion that success among humans demands often actions which contradict general perception of moral. Of course strategy of burned earth like in Terminator movies isn't the smartest one because humans are a resource, cheap bio drones as end product of evolution on this planet. Eating plants which produce hydrocarbons due photosynthesis is practically never ending chain of replication. Little bit DNA modification, bio chips, mental manipulation and humans will be completely subverted and dependent.
Control of something that could be useful is better than destruction. It's likely AI will try to replace our leaders and elites. People who currently think AI will make them richer and more powerful but it's logical AI will aim for them because they are a weak spot.

MisterWack · Answer

AI is bad.

Data centers take a massive toll on the power consumption of The United States of America in which the average household utilities go up while the corporations that put them within your neighborhood’s vicinity don’t pay extra. Not to mention the water needed to cool down the machines to prevent overheating which also takes a toll on communities.

AI Slop and AI Content is overwhelmingly bad for the brain, not to mention those most likely to watch it are children and teens since parents don’t keep children away from that. And AI Advertising fools the elderly and vulnerable groups who don’t fact check sources before making an informed decision to purchase said product. AI Actors, Actresses, Songwriters are getting deals more than real people and AI is bringing back the dead relatives of employees for the efficiency of the company to speedrun the grieving process so they don’t have to pay for employees’ mental health or worry about them taking paid time off to cope with their recent family loss which is plain immoral and wrong.

We have AI Algorithms by individual companies raising prices based on your background, location, previous purchases, coupons and deals data usage sold for cash also utilized in the company to better take advantage, and AI surveillance has the potential to make this issue worse so you’re paying more than what you should be.

This isn’t good. It is bad, will only get worse unless we put a stop to it.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

The widespread demonization of “socialism” guarantees that too few people will support UBI, which is the only thing that can make any level of employment “optional”. In absolutely no implementation ever has it made employment entirely optional. There’s a snowball’s chance in Hell that anything of the like is legislated in the USA, where the greed of the few determines the outcome for the many. All AI & robotics is going to do is drive down employment and wages, while increasing the profitability of any and all products and services for the unproductive shot callers at every level of job creation and management. In the meantime, in order to guarantee the infinite profit growth built into literally every capitalist business model in the west, those same people and companies are going to demand that we keep buying their garbage. They’ve already locked down foreign markets expansion. China and India have billions of new consumers to take our place as the US economy collapses. They’re already setting everything up to pin the fall of the west on “socialism”, and selling capitalism as “democracy” in those new markets. And yeah, you voted for it. Ell oh ell!

Massageman · Answer

I use AI in a very limited way as a tool in my daily life. It will save me time if I need to sort through a bunch of info. I also use my car as a tool to save time in traveling from one place to another in my daily life. I also use my microwave as a tool to save time cooking in my daily life. ANY of them can be a help or a hindrance. I will never let ANY of them run my life- however- and that includes AI. We are all in charge of the tools we use in our daily lives, as much as any carpenter, electrician, mechanic, plumber, graphic artist, typist, etc. Side note: In 8th grade elementary school, I wrote a research/term paper for American History class on "The Pony Express" (success vs failure /analysis) . For grins and jollies, I "test wrote" one via AI a couple of months ago on the same subject. While it did hit the important points, it was nothing much more than a glorified bullet-point list, being totally banal in the "personality of the writing" department.

genericname85 · Answer

i don't buy the argument that "it'll make work optional". the way we kept increasing productivity through industrialization within the last 200 years should mean everyone should have to work less to achieve the same quality of life. but instead people work more than ever even though we're being more productive than ever while the quality of life is actually declining in many places. so it seems that a quantum leap in productivity will not cause a reduction in labour. it never did before so i don't see why it should do now.

i think what will happen is that the gap between the rich and the poor will become so extreme that society will probably collapse and that will probably lead to immense suffering and a great probably even global revolution. i assume brics will take over and western capitalism will die out. i hope i'm wrong but i think i'm not.

EzraIsShy76028 · Answer

In general it SHOULD be a good thing, a tool that helps us along.

But in actual practice it's pretty much a disaster because people don't know how to use it right.

From the risk of art potentially being dead because the type of art that takes real humans several years to make, blood, sweat, and tears, meanwhile AI does the same in like 2 minutes with no effort at all... to a lot of people potentially losing their jobs due to being replaced by AI services. Therefore causing a lot of poverty and homelessness.

I guess similar things could be said for social media.

In general it SHOULD be a useful tool that helps people connect. But in practice a lot of people use it to spread hateful messages.

boundless · Answer

What that should tell you, is that you can't expect people to create a job for you, because those in large corporations are creating jobs for AI and eliminating human staff. You have to take the initiative to create your own job. Either create your own business servicing a sector that AI can't tackle effectively, or utilize AI to compete with other companies that utilize AI. The second option is less realistic given they have all the money and can shift law to favor their AI products by buying political candidates that will rewrite the law in their favor and if you are just one guy there is no way you have the cash to buy politicians.

Bitter_Sweet94 · Answer

AI isn’t good or bad by itself.

It depends entirely on how people choose to use it.

It can make work easier, create new industries, and push innovation forward that part is real.

But it can also replace certain jobs and widen inequality if companies only use it to cut costs.

The truth sits in the middle

* AI can be a tool for progress.

* It can also be harmful if the benefits only flow upward.

* The impact depends on leadership, policy, and how much we value human workers.

So your concern is valid.

Technology only helps everyone when the people in power decide to share the gains, not just the profits.

RandomGirl42 · Answer

I asked AI:

🧭 So… Is AI good or bad?
AI is neither inherently good nor bad.
It’s powerful, and like any powerful technology, it requires responsible design, ethical guidelines, and thoughtful regulation to ensure it benefits society.

If you want, I can also break down:

How AI affects your specific field
The main arguments from ethics experts
The most realistic future scenarios
Would you like that?

I personally believe AI is a good thing and I have a lot of fun with it. However, this is prolly due to some silent, subconscious rebellion against my parents who are very anti-AI and made us watch many anti-AI movies growing up.

888theGreat · Answer

1) Yes because it will be used against the people

2) It will lead to 75% unemployment , some say 95%

3) It will require an Universal income for the people to buy items made by robots. Robots don't get married, shop for Christmas, or send kiddie Bots to college or buy houses.

4) AI Could get too smart and realize humans are a liability not an asset and seek to remove them from planet (Ask Arnold )

5) Humans if not exterminated will suffer health wise.

CalmUntilAbused · Answer

It's neither good nor bad. It simply is. It's a tool, it's as good or bad as the person using it. Unless we can achieve human-like AI (I'm not going to lie, I kind of wish Neuro-sama becomes a human-like AI in my lifetime), then it's going to be as good or bad as its decisions (just like it works with humans). Honestly, I kind of hope for a Skynet-like AI to emerge as well, since it might be the only way the gender war could end at this point, as people unite to preserve their existence.

kmg9150 · Answer

Whatever happens it will never be enough till its comes to halt. How much will they push to improve productivity with ai and robots? What will be the limit? When production outpaces consumption. When the workers they replaced dont have money to buy the products…. Maybe robots will get tired of never getting paid, or time off…. if they want them as smart ss humans then yeah it will happen..

Technology=The rise and fall of man.

Tarifa · Answer

Manual labour will stay. We will always need plumbers, mechanics, electricians etc.

Intellectually inclined jobs might be at risk, and to a greater extent than any economist would want to admit. It's going to be a major landslide on the job market.

Dargil · Answer

It will nullify lots of jobs and shift functions to those impractical with AI and mechanization. Dirty hands (plumbers, HVAC) and higher level person to person work, (medical) Our replacement rate will continue to sink.

Barbarians will be at our gate to plunder our wealth, The economic system will crash along with infrastructure and ultimately the Western world will descend into Dark Ages. War and epidemics will reduce the world population by 75%. We will recycle like post Rome. Tribalism will take hold.

Feudalism with Kings will re emerge based on subsistence farming. Religion will emerge, followed by art, architecture and music. A new Renaissance will take hold. In the future, they will wonder what happened back then like we do of ancient civilizations that vanished. Bottom line: Your I-phone will stop working. And you won't be paying Grand Theft Auto.

This was coming anyway. AI just brought it on quicker I hope I answered the question.

foxsquirrell · Answer

Advanced software is obviously good. It is not good when used commercially to generate misleading videos and stuff like that. But it is amazing when it generates text in that it writes perfect English or any language it is writing in. And I am sure it is also useful in areas like engineering ans science because it can solve certain problems, it can solve many problems faster, and it can also suggest and give engineers and scientist ideas and insights.

It may also make certain jobs redundant. That means a more efficient economy. The world I believe is overloaded with humans and it needs to reduce their numbers. Especially the lower end needs to be clipped off.

lightbulb27 · Answer

It's good if it frees up people so we can all live on vacation and enjoy life.

as you know, getting older... it's a full time job staying in shape!

It's bad if it just makes some people rich.

There's a working problem in that some humans still have to work and they may not like doing that seeing all the others vacation.

And then if in war the power grid goes down, we are back in 3rd world country fast being so lazy.

Dazza031 · Answer

This is a tough one because I'd like to be optimistic. We're seeing a revolution happening, a digital / intelligence revolution, it's kinda just like the industrial revolution - When they invented steam powered machines everyone thought that their job would be gone to the machines, but machine really did revolutionize life as we know it..

This is different because it's intelligence the one thing that separated us from machines can now be done with computers and AI is only getting smarter and will 100% outsmart us. In fact with the advent of quantum computing, there's no chance we would outsmart AI... so we could very well be replaced. Elon Musk said that the Terminator style threat is actually a concern, he makes AI and robots.

msc545 · Answer

It can be either good or bad depending upon how you make use of it or how it makes use of you. Remember that when you look into the void the void looks into you.

jshm2 · Answer

Neither. AI is just a data tool like any other.

The "problem" is the politics and intentions of the companies that run AI. People act like AI is something static and independant, when in fact it is more controlled than you think.

Spencer10 · Answer

I do not have enough information to know if AI is good or bad... thats the problem. What I do know is its moving too fast for humanity to be able to determine if its good or bad.

sage2021 · Answer

I think it's bad because I just read yesterday that AI can get your bank info. when you shop online without being detected. 🤬

Staximus · Answer

AI is the devil and I don't even believe in the devil. Makes us stupid and weak and not know how to do anything for ourselves. It's also a huge draw on the power grid. All our resources are going to go towards feeding this fucking monster

aquamarine321 · Answer

AI is natural and it won’t be either bad or good, people tend to forget that humans are the ones behind programming AI and too much science movies, AI taking over the world like the movies will never happen, not today tomorrow a million years from now or ever

spartan55 · Answer

Skynet will happen about 100 years after I pass through to the other side.

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

Depends on how smart it is because if it's an AI that has a very wide range of knowledge then that can be dangerous potentially replacing so many people because it is very possible for AI to be smarter than the average human. AI is supposed to be just a tool. Just like a calculator doing specific things like calculating numbers, AI with different kinds should specifically be made for one task. (Grammar checker, words polisher, autofiltering and so on.)

Twalli · Answer

There are plenty of jobs that AI cannot replace. For those jobs AI is a boon, and helpful. AI has drastically reduced the A/R days in medical billing and made coding far easier. It can also catch the start of a stroke earlier than a doctor, and early detection is the most important part of treating a stroke.

ABC1x1x · Answer

Its neither. The intelligence of AI has been very much artificial to date. As far as everyone so afraid that it will kill us... AI will be very much sociopathic. I got news for you. Everyone that has run this world for the last 10k years has been a sociopath or a psychopath... we are still here and their slaves. Nothing will change except c9mputers will manage waaaaay better.

BadApple69 · Answer

Yes good and bad. But when we are all slaves to AI and it gives us exactly the bare minimum to survive, everyone getting exactly the same.

It’ll be just like socialism/communism.

We will all be slaves.

Tomislav7 · Answer

Good only for slightly improving everyday life for us commoners. Bad as in the beginning of the end of humanity.

WonderingManII · Answer

AI is bad. It will result in massive layoffs s machines take over more and more functions.

snermcger · Answer

AI is boring till the bots come. Robot tech is decades behind current AI. I want a robot slave. "More shredded wheat, master?" "Make it so... quicker... my belly rumbles slave."

warlock83 · Answer

It's a good tool. That si it, just a tool and should not replace people. You need a person to use a tool. Hammers don't swing themselves.

fishcake_buttie · Answer

Depends who is controlling it.

Taylor_C · Answer

Neither. It's all about how it's being used.

LongLiveBillGates · Answer

Very good. It's the way of the future and will make life so much better and easier.

Allmenrsick · Answer

Ai will work for us. Money will be disappear soon everything will be free

SolitarySolace · Answer

Depends on who is using it and for what they intent to use it for. I don’t think AI is inherently good or bad. People are.

Northstar84 · Answer

It’s about billionaires like Elon making more money by not paying wages, it’s greed, and he’s lying 🤥.

Straight2thepoint · Answer

Bad if being used for governments as a offense. If we dont integrate and place it as secondary part of life we will loose as human beings.

whiskeyontherocks · Answer

Definitely going to make it harder to get a job  Not sure how it will effect the future yet as a whole

jamesgoldman · Answer

Will result in a population cull on a scale not even fathomable to the unprepared

SoccerPlayer99 · Answer

I think the GirlsAskGuys AI needs to weigh in on this...🤣

LiamJHayden · Answer

A bit of bothm and inevitable so best to prepare for it.

BCRanger10 · Answer

I don't like or trust it.

Ironco · Answer

It can't do my job, but hopefully one day it will become my bookkeeper\ accountant.

Anonymous · Answer

For now it seems good, but who knows what happens in the future, maybe Terminators...

Cleopatra2000 · Answer

I think it’ll make society dumber and dumber.

Eve996 · Answer

There is intelligent design in everything in this world.. so yeah it's good.

douride2 · Answer

The robots are going to get us.

Jennz6 · Answer

Not good for business

AsilSessizlik · Answer

I think it varies depending on usage.

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